Mission
The CBC is the INTOSAI advocate for, and custodian of, SAI capacity development. We facilitate initiatives in support of SAIs and regions, building their capacities and enhancing their capabilities.
In order for the CBC to fulfil this strategically important role, we believe the CBC needs to add value to the capacity-building sphere of INTOSAI. In our view, the CBC could and should do this by:
• strategically and constructively challenging current structures, priorities, programmes and activities, including identifying and addressing capacity-building overlaps, gaps and inconsistencies within INTOSAI;
• partnering with those already in the capacity-building game, encouraging capacity-building providers and practitioners, especially the IDI, to focus on their areas of strength, enabling a greater impact of their efforts where possible;
• championing closer cooperation between the CBC, PSC and KSC in the interest of capacity building and the efficient use of INTOSAI resources;
• facilitating a greater capacity-building role for the INTOSAI regions, from both a participation and an accountability angle, while recognising their diversity;
• supporting capacity building through knowledge sharing, for example by championing communities of practice, supporting inter- and cross regional knowledge sharing, or encouraging coordinated audits;
• supporting the verification or assessment of capacity-building efforts in the form of peer and/or self-assessments, such as ISSAI 5600 on peer reviews and the INTOSAI Performance Measurement Framework, or different forms of external evaluations; and
• exploring opportunities and encouraging initiatives for the certification and accreditation of auditors, in coordination with the INTOSAI’s
News
INCOSAI Newsletter now available
The 2016 INTOSAI Congress in Abu Dhabi is approaching quickly and the Supreme Audit Office of the United Arab Emirates, as INCOSAI host, has published the first newsletter leading up to the Congress. The newsletter is available in all five official INTOSAI languages....
Draft minutes from CBC Steering Committee meeting available for comment
The draft minutes from the CBC Steering Committee meeting held on 10 September 2015, in connection with the CBC Annual Meeting in Stockholm, are now available for comment. Please send any comments, questions or corrections to the CBC Secretariat on...
Reminder: ISSAI 5600 on Exposure until 15 February
The CBC Subcommittee on Peer Reviews has, under the leadership of SAI Slovakia, revised ISSAI 5600 Peer Review Guide and the annex, previously known as the Peer Review Checklist, now redrafted as Peer Review Areas and Questions. Please note that 15 February, 2016 is...
Introduction to Making Development Work: The Quality of Government Approach
In what way does a country best ensure the well-being of its population? Professor Bo Rothstein and PhD Student Marcus Tannenberg from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, have written a report for the Swedish Expert Group for Aid Studies which analyses the concept...
CBC and SDG’s in INTOSAI Journal
In the recently published Autumn 2015 issue of the International Journal on Government Auditing, we wish to highlight the editorial Partners in good governance for sustainable development by Aroldo Cedraz de Oliveira, President of the Federal Court of Accounts of...
Launch of the INTOSAI KSC-IDI Community Portal
Mutual experience benefits all. While all of us in the INTOSAI community live by this motto, the way we share experience and knowledge has changed significantly over the past years. Today we can sit at different ends of the world and still meet, chat, see each other ,...
Dates confirmed for co-located CBC-IDC meeting in Cape Town, 2016.
The dates for the next CBC Annual Meeting have been confirmed to 2-6 October, 2016. The meeting will take place in Cape Town and will be co-located with the meeting of the INTOSAI-Donor Cooperation.
INTOSAI Governing Board endorses CBC work
The INTOSAI Governing Board met in Abu Dhabi on 10-11 November. The Capacity Building Committee Chair, Mr Kimi Makwetu, and Vice Chair, Mr Magnus Lindell, reported and provided input on a number of agenda points. The reports submitted by the CBC and its subcommittees...
PASAI Congress – Independence and regionalism debated in Vanuatu
The significant progress Pacific supreme audit institutions have made towards independence and the value of regionalism were the key messages to emerge from the 18th Congress of the Pacific Association of the Supreme Audit Institutions (PASAI) held 13–16 October,...
Building of Institutional Capacity and Promoting Good Governance – The Importance of a Development Focus
On 20-21 October, the European Court of Auditors hosted an international conference on EU development aid policies, in Luxembourg. The EU is a major player in the field of international aid and has made 2015 the European year of development in line with the United...